But as for me, I had said in my prosperity, "I shall not be moved ever."

If we had forgotten the name of our God, or had spread out our hands [in prayer] to a foreign god,

There {they are very fearful} [where] no fear had been, because God has scattered the bones of him who encamps [against] you. You have put [them] to shame, because God has rejected them.

So I say, "{Oh, that} I had wings like a dove. I would fly away and be at rest.

If I had considered evil in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled. My steps had nearly slipped,

If I had said, "I will speak thus," behold, I would have acted treacherously against your children's generation.

They also forgot his deeds, and his wonders that he had shown them.

They had not yet turned aside from their craving, [while] their food [was] still in their mouth,

So he abandoned the dwelling place at Shiloh, [the] tent he had placed among humankind.

Then the Lord awoke like [one who had been] asleep, [awoke] like a warrior who had been drunk with wine.

If Yahweh had not been my help, my soul would soon have dwelt in silence.

when your ancestors tried me. They put me to the test, [even] though they had seen my work.

He sent his servant Moses, together with Aaron whom he had chosen.

Egypt was glad when they departed, because the fear of them had fallen upon them.

They forgot God their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,

So he said he would exterminate them, had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to reverse his wrath from destroying [them].

They did not exterminate the peoples, as Yahweh had commanded them,

Unless your law [had been] my delight, then I would have perished in my misery.

Too long my soul has had its dwelling near [one who] hates peace.

Be gracious to us, O Yahweh, be gracious to us, for long enough we have had our fill of contempt.

For long enough our soul has had its fill of the derision of the self-confident, the contempt of [the] arrogant.

"If [it had] not [been] Yahweh who was on our side," do let Israel say,

"If [it had] not [been] Yahweh who was on our side, when men rose up against us,